PASC UK (Professional Association of Self-Caterers) represents the self-catering sector and lobbies for practical, evidence-based policy. It engages with UK and Welsh Government departments, local authorities, and the Valuation Office Agency, submitting data-led responses to consultations, calls for evidence, and draft legislation.
Core priorities include fair taxation and rates, proportionate regulation of short-term lets, clarity on safety compliance, and workable approaches to occupancy thresholds and planning rules. PASC UK convenes member roundtables, captures real trading data, and commissions economic impact analysis to demonstrate the value of self-catering to local, coastal, and rural economies.
It builds cross-industry coalitions with tourism bodies, briefs ministers and committees, and challenges unintended consequences such as over-burdensome licensing or punitive premiums. For operators, PASC UK translates policy into action through timely briefings, template consultation responses, and direct engagement with councils and agencies—ensuring the sector’s voice is heard while championing growth, professionalism, and high standards and jobs.
PASC UK builds cross-industry coalitions with tourism bodies, briefs ministers and committees, and challenges unintended consequences such as over-burdensome licensing or punitive premiums. For operators and agencies, PASC UK translates policy into action through timely briefings, template consultation responses, and direct engagement with councils and agencies—ensuring the sector’s voice is heard while championing growth, professionalism, and high standards and jobs.
We are helped by our lobbying partners who share our DNA and objectives, working with these partners provide a united voice when advocating for the self-catering sector, and the important contribution and role our sector has in the wider visitor economies. Find out more about our Lobbying partners here: https://www.pascuk.co.uk/
Joining PASC UK is easy, a single property is just £90 (plus VAT from 1 January 2025) per annum. Membership gives a range of benefits including email and phone support and numerous sector specific papers on topics ranging from legal papers providing Terms and Conditions, CCTV etc, plus papers dealing with VOA, Business Rates, EV Charging etc as well as access to discounts via the PASC UK Buying Club.